Restoration of Papal Temporal Power

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 7, 1889

Restoration of Papal Temporal Power

It is evident that not only the Pope, but the whole Catholic world, is terribly in earnest in urging the restoration of the temporal power of the Papacy, and indications are by no means lacking which show that Leo's frequent bids for active sympathy are not in vain. With only two exceptions, all the great powers of the world have virtually acknowledged the Pope as a civil ruler, and it would not be a matter of surprise at any time if a majority, if not all of them, were to unite in demanding of Italy a practical recognition of the political "rights" of the supreme pontiff. The Papal head of the great beast of Rev. 13:1 has been "as it were wounded to death," but the deadly wound will be healed, and all the world shall wonder after the beast." Verse 3.